f28960	Orange Free State v Northern Transvaal
	Currie Cup 1971/72 (Section B)
Venue	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 27th, 28th, 29th December 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northern Transvaal won by an innings and 39 runs
Points	Orange Free State 2 (Bowling 2); Northern Transvaal 21 (Batting 6, Bowling 5)
Umpires	MR Murray, N Vorster
Close of play day 1	Northern Transvaal (1) 222/2 (Bestall 84*, HR Lance 61*)
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 237/7 (le Roux 4*, Botha 3*)

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WT Strydom	c HR Lance b Botten	0
AN Oertel	c Lindsay b Matthews	0
+PA Strydom	c Nel b Matthews	0
PM Thompson	c Bestall b Pocock	41
*N Rosendorff	c Bestall b HR Lance	49
AJ Andre	c Finlay b Pocock	10
RA le Roux	b Botten	5
GR Botha	b Botten	3
SJ Gardiner	not out	40		49	5	2
PJE Visser	c Lindsay b Botten	2
RS Key	c Bestall b Pocock	7
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-90, 5-90, 6-105, 7-105, 8-114, 9-122, 10-157 (50.1 ov)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botten	17	10	29	4	-	-
Matthews	12	3	64	2	-	-
Falkson	3	0	17	0	-	-
Pocock	12.1	6	33	3	-	-
HR Lance	6	2	14	1	-	-

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Northern Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Burrow	c Gardiner b Andre	21
VS Nel	c le Roux b Gardiner	48
D Bestall	c and b Gardiner	97			16	-
+DT Lindsay	b Andre	122		180	14	2
HR Lance	b Gardiner	95
IW Finlay	c WT Strydom b Gardiner	73
RJ Falkson	not out	15
*JT Botten	did not bat
JP Matthews	did not bat
PI Pocock	did not bat
AP Lance	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 118.4 overs)	483
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-84, 3-244, 4-289, 5-444, 6-483 (118.4 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Visser	18	4	71	0	-	-
WT Strydom	15	2	72	0	-	-
Gardiner	28.4	4	102	4	-	-
Andre	19	5	48	2	-	-
le Roux	10	0	59	0	-	-
Key	22	3	95	0	-	-
Rosendorff	6	0	24	0	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WT Strydom	c Bestall b HR Lance	42
AN Oertel	c Burrow b Pocock	17
+PA Strydom	c Burrow b Matthews	2
PM Thompson	lbw b Pocock	38
*N Rosendorff	c Burrow b Falkson	127		124	24	-
AJ Andre	c Burrow b Pocock	0
RA le Roux	c Lindsay b Botten	22
GR Botha	c Lindsay b Matthews	7
SJ Gardiner	c Finlay b Pocock	1
PJE Visser	c AP Lance b Falkson	12
RS Key	not out	16
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-60, 3-64, 4-156, 5-228, 6-229, 7-230, 8-242, 9-260, 10-287 (95.4 ov)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botten	9.4	2	37	1	-	-
Matthews	13	4	37	2	-	-
Falkson	14	7	31	2	-	-
Pocock	37	14	93	4	-	-
HR Lance	12	1	49	1	-	-
AP Lance	7	3	16	0	-	-
Finlay	3	0	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> N Rosendorff (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> SJ Gardiner (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> D Bestall (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> IW Finlay (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> PJE Visser (2) equalled his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> AP Lance made his debut for Northern Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> DT Lindsay retired ill in the Northern Transvaal first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 2 wickets) - he returned when the score was 244/3 (migraine)

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